BALARAMAN, SHRI LAKSHMANAN
T.M.C.(M) - VANDAVASI (TAMIL NADU)

Father's Name:   Shri V. Lakshmanan

Date of Birth:   4 January 1932

Place of Birth:   Vill. Mottuppalayam in Distt. North Arcot 
(Tamil Nadu)

Marital Status:   Married on 11 June 1954

Spouse's Name:   Smt. B. Jayalakshmi

Children:   One son and five daughters

Educational Qualifications :
Matriculation 
Educated at Don Bosco High School, Vellore 
(Tamil Nadu)

Profession :
   Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
   29, Registrar Periyasamy Street, Sankaranpalayam, Vellore-
632001 (Tamil Nadu) 
Tel. (0416) 32452

Positions Held :
   
1961-74President, Village Panchayat, Mottuppalayam Vellore, Distt. North 
Arcot
1961-65 and 1970-71Chairman, Panchayat Council, Kaniyambadi, 
Distt. North Arcot
1967-71 and 1980-84Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Member, Public Accounts Committee, Business Advisory Committee, Committee 
on Government Assurances, Estimates Committee and Joint Select Committee on 
Pollution and Cooperatives, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
1968-74Member, C.W.C. and P.C.C., Tamil Nadu
1968-81President, D.C.C., Distt. North Arcot
1968-91Member, A.I.C.C. (I)
1972-78Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Council
Whip, Congress Legislative Party and its Secretary thrice
1981-85General Secretary, P.C.C. (I), Tamil Nadu
1984Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
Member Committee on Government Assurances
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1989Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
1990-91Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Tourism
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time

Social and Cultural Activities :
   Actively involved in spiritual and temple-related activities

Special Interests :
   Rural development, Panchayati Raj, social and religious 
reading, cultivation and public services

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
 Farming and reading

Countries Visited :
   Denmark, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore and Swedan

Other Information :
   President (i) Cooperative Society, Motuppalayam, Vellore, 
Distt. North Arcot, 1962-69, and (ii) Ex-Servicemen Cooperative Timber Works 
Ltd., 1975-80; Director (i) Cooperative Society, Kaniyambadi, 
1963-70; (ii) North Arcot District Cooperative 
Sugar Mills, 1963-68; (iii) Cooperative Land Mortgage Bank, Vellore 1963-71; and 
(iv) The Vellore Cooperative Central Bank; Member (i) Southern Railway Advisory 
Board; (ii) Divisional Railway Users' Consultative Committee, Trichy; and 
(iii) Telecommunications Advisory Sub-Committee for Madras Telecommunication 
Area; participated in the peasant movement in 1972

Election Result :
   
Vandavasi Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate10,31,471
Total votes polled7,17,844
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri L. Balaraman [T.M.C. (M)]3,42,184
(2) Shri M. Krishnaswamy (I.N.C.)1,68,880
(3) Shri P. Senthamizhselvan (P.M.K.)1,06,388
(4) Shri A. Chinnadurai (M.D.M.K.)39,449